Julia Montes talks about her first love scene with Coco Martin in 'Walang Hanggan'

Sixteen-year-old Julia Montes admitted that she has been getting a lot of negative comments on Twitter because of her team-up with Coco Martin, who is 13 years her senior. But she implored people to give her a chance to prove herself as an actress in ABS-CBN’s latest primetime soap,

Walang Hanggan

.

“

Nagwo

-worry

din ako kasi iba-iba yung

opinion

ng tao. Kung yung iba nagagalingan sila dahil na

-portray

ko yung role ni

Katherina,

may iba na

against

kasi bata nga ako. Pero sana naman maintindihan nila yung

side

ko kasi gusto ko din talaga i

-improve

yung

craft

ko. Iba yung

acting

ko dito

,” she said in an interview after the grand press con of

Walang Hanggan,

Tuesday, January 10.

Based on the Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights, the series will bring to life the passionate but doomed love between Katherina (Julia) and Daniel (Coco). Asked to describe her first love scene with Coco, Julia said that it was really intense but he made sure that she wouldn’t feel awkward at the time.

“

Talagang kinakabahan ako, nanginginig ako ng

literal.

Pero bago nag

-take,

nagbibiruan kasi kami na ako daw ang mag

-guide

sa kanya. Kaya wala talaga kaming ilangan at mas madali para sa amin umarte. Tsaka inisip din naming na ginagawa namin yun para sa

show so

naitawid naman naming ng maganda yung eksena

.”

Julia added that it helps that she’s emotionally prepared for the project. “

Kasi sa age ko, masasabi ko na medyo

mature

din ako magisip, medyo naging

factor

din yun. And nanonood din ako ng ibang

films. And

siguro yung lahat ng kilig na eksena dito, yun din ang

dream

ng babae na mangyari sa kanya sa totoong buhay.

And

siguro nagkaroon na ako ng

idea

sa bawat nangyayari sa

character

ko na

what if

ako yung nandudun.

”

While she’s not ready for a serious commitment at this point in her career, Julia revealed that she’s the type of girl who’d fall for a man much older than her. “

Masasabi kong oo kasi

mature

ako magisip,

so

gusto ko mas

mature

sa akin magisip

.

Gusto ko tutulungan ako mag-

grow as a person. And

sa

relationship

din, gusto ko hindi ako yung tutulong sa kanya paangat, kundi siya yung tutulong sa akin

.”

But does she agree that Coco is boyfriend material? “

Kung titignan mo naman siya oo, maalaga siya, at mabait naman. Ang

best quality

niya yung pagiging maalaga niya

on and off cam—

maalalay sa

role,

sa kilos… Tsaka ‘pag naka

-skirt

ako sasabihan ako niyan,

‘O yung upo mo.’ Ganon siya.

”